Differential Diagnoses (common conditions)

Question 1

Chest pain

Answer 1

• Life threatening:
• ACS
• aortic dissection
• pericarditis
• PE
• TPT

> Other:

• GORD
• pneumonia
• MSK injury, costochondritis
• anxiety
• shingles

Question 2

Shortness of breath

Answer 2

• asthma
• COPD exacerbation
• LRTI (e.g. pneumonia)
• PE
• pneumothorax
• anaphylaxis
• APO
• arrhythmia
• CHF
• panic attack

Question 3

ALOC

Answer 3

A - lcohol / drug intox, Acidosis
E - pilepsy (seizures) / Electrolytes imbalance
I - nsulin (hypoglycaemia, hyperglycamia)
O - verdose / Oxygen deficiency (hypOxia)
U - nderdose (medication or drug/alcohol withdrawal)
T - rauma to head, tumour
I - nfection (meningitis, sepsis)
P - ain (?), Psychosis, Poisoning
S - troke / TIA, Shock

Question 4

Anaphylaxis

Answer 4

• asthma
• anxiety
• isolated angioedema, idiopathic urticaria
• shock, vasovagal
• stroke, epileptic seizures

Question 5

Stroke / TIA

Answer 5

• ALOC
• hypo/hyper-glycaemia
• drug / alcohol intox
• tumour
• seizures